Bull still separated from owner

That doesn't appear to be the case, at least not yet, for the wayward bovine that was ultimately corralled Monday morning in the Leclaire neighborhood.

Edwardsville police initially said they received reports of a wandering bull near Schwarz and Chaderic at approximately 5 a.m. Monday. He was then spotted near Franklin Avenue and again in a fenced-in yard on the 1200 block of Lindenwood Avenue.

That's where police, with the help of a cattle expert, were able to load him on a trailer.

No one has stepped forward to claim the bull.

"We've not had an owner come forward," Edwardsville Police Lt. Charles Kohlberg said Tuesday afternoon. "He's still with the individual who helped us remove him from the back yard."

How the bull got loose and ventured just a couple of hundred feet from the Montclaire Shopping Center is anyone's guess.

"You'd think somebody would be missing the bull," Kohlberg said.

Anyone with information on the situation is asked to call the Edwardsville Police at 656-2131.